Gary Woodard and Batisha House
Husband Gary Woodard (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Remona Jean Sullins
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1 M Gary Woodard Jr (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Ashley Woodard (details suppressed for this person)
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Bill House and Effie Persell
Husband Bill House (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Effie Persell 2
Born: 10 Mar 1887 - Belle Plain, KS
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1 F Melba House (details suppressed for this person)
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Bryan House and Susan Ivester
Husband Bryan House (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: Claude House
Mother: Francis Payne
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1 F Katie House (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Lauren House (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Frances Margaret House (details suppressed for this person)
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Buin Oliver House and Annie Esther Prichard
Husband Buin Oliver House (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Annie Esther Prichard 2
Born: 1914
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Father: William Arthur Prichard (1887-1926) 2
Mother: Myrtle Reid (1887-1935) 2
Other Spouse: Hyle Romulus Sanders (1898-1980) 2
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1 F Shirley Faye House 2
Born: 1934
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2 F Thelma Jean House (details suppressed for this person)
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Carol House
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Father: Raymond House (1902-1982)
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Catherine House
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Father: Seth Grosvenor House ( - ) 3
Mother: Catherine Elvira Van Valkenburg (1832- ) 3
Randy Samuels and Cheryl Y. House
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Mother: Delores J. House
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1 M Seth M. Samuels (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Sarah E. Samuels (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Sean M. Samuels (details suppressed for this person)
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4 M Steven T. Samuels (details suppressed for this person)
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William Washington McKinley and Christina House
Husband William Washington McKinley
Born: 1848 - Montgomery Co, AR.
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Father: Jacob Gillam McKinley (1816-1891)
Mother: Emily Pettyjohn (1823-1864)
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Wife Christina House
Born: 23 Dec 1851 - TN
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Claude House and Francis Payne
Husband Claude House (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Nellie Reene Lathem
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1 M Kevin House (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Bryan House (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Tracy Malain House (details suppressed for this person)
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4 F Aleta House (details suppressed for this person)
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5 F Karen House (details suppressed for this person)
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David Barton House
Husband David Barton House (details suppressed for this person)
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James L. McKinley and Delilah House
Husband James L. McKinley
Born: 3 Feb 1846 - Montgomery Co, AR.
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Mother: Emily Pettyjohn (1823-1864)
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Wife Delilah House
Born: 31 Dec 1845 - TN
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Thomas Edward House and Delores J. House
Husband Thomas Edward House (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Fannie Alice Silvius (1902-1987) 4 5 6
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1 F Suzanne J. House (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Cheryl Y. House (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Randy Samuels (living)
Drury House
Husband Drury House 2
Born: 1826 - SC
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Mother: Nellie Grogan (1798-1882) 2
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Elizabeth House
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Mother: Catherine Elvira Van Valkenburg (1832- ) 3
Joab Lewis and Elizabeth House
Husband Joab Lewis 2
Born: 22 Jan 1801 - Randolph Co., NC
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Died: 12 Mar 1881 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Old Pickens Presbyterian Cemetery Pickens Co., SC
Father: Jacob Lewis (1772-1857) 2
Mother: Alcy Leonard (1771-1857) 2
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• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850
• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860
Wife Elizabeth House 2
Born: 1801
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• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850
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1 F Alsey Lewis 2
Born: 1823
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2 M Guyton L Lewis 2
Born: 2 Apr 1829 - SC
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Spouse: Keziah Alexander (1831-1908) 2
3 M William Lewis 2
Born: 10 Oct 1831 - SC
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4 M James Lewis 2
Born: 1834 - SC
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Elizabeth House
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Born: 17 May 1820 - SC
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Mother: Nellie Grogan (1798-1882) 2
Elizabeth Ann House
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Mother: Barbara Jean Barton (1937-1994)
Eric Monroe House
Husband Eric Monroe House (details suppressed for this person)
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John Henry Sullins and Essie Lee House
Husband John Henry Sullins 1
Born: 8 Jan 1880 - Illinois, , ,
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Buried: - Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, , IL, , ,
Father: Henry Franklin Sullins (1855-1890) 1
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Smock (1860-1920) 1
Marriage: 3 Apr 1901 - Vienna, , IL, , ,
Other Spouse: Daisy Heal Sanders (1900-1974) 1 - 13 Aug 1930 - Vienna, , IL, , ,
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• Census, Johnson Co., IL, , ,, 1920
Wife Essie Lee House 1
AKA: Essie Lee (House) Sullins
Born: 1882 - Illinois, , ,
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Mother: Melissa Gillespie ( - ) 1
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1 F Bertie Gladys Sullins (details suppressed for this person)
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Marr: 30 Apr 1921 - Buncombe, , Illinois, , ,
2 F Dorothy Marie Sullins 1
Born: 24 Jul 1906
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3 M Franklin Theodore Sullins 1
Born: 28 May 1909
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4 M Joe Herbert Sullins 1
Born: 1 Dec 1911
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Buried: Jul 1923 - Cardwell Cemetery, Vienna, , IL, , ,
5 M Charley Homer Sullins (details suppressed for this person)
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6 M James Henry Sullins 1
Born: 21 May 1916
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Buried: 1977 - Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, , IL, , ,
Spouse: Dorothy Ashby (living)
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He was a twin.
RHEMAN's book, p. V-14-16 Date:1985
General Notes for Child James Henry Sullins
RHEMAN's book, p. V-16 Date:1985
Esther Ruth House
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Wife Esther Ruth House 4 5
Born: 1933 - Pleasant Hill, PA 4 5
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Mother: Fannie Alice Silvius (1902-1987) 4 5 6
Thomas Loveland Jr. and Eunice House
Husband Thomas Loveland Jr.
Born: - Glastonbury, Conn
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1 F Sarah Loveland
Born: 1721 - Of Seymour, Derby, Conn
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Frances Margaret House
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Grogan House
Husband Grogan House 2
Born: 1828 - SC
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Reverand John Lothrop and Hannah House
Husband Reverand John Lothrop 3
Born: 20 Dec 1584 - Etton, York, England 7
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Father: Thomas Lothrop (1536-1606) 3
Mother: Mary Salte (1556-1588) 3
Marriage: 10 Oct 1610 - Eastwell, Canterbury, Kent, England 7
Other Spouse: Ann Hammond (Abt 1582-1688) 3 - Abt 1635 - Scituate, MA
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• Emigration, Boston, MA, 18 Sep 1634
Elizabeth Hammond, widow of William, with her son Benja m i n and three daus., all young, left a good estate in Lon do n , and came over to New England in the troublesome tim e s o f 1634, from a desire to have the liberty to serve G o d acco rding to the dictates of their conscience. They ar ri ved i n Boston, Sep. 18, 1634 in the ship Griffin, and h a d with t hem the Rev. John Lothrop, their minister.
Wife Hannah House 3
Born: Abt 1594 - Eastwell, Canterbury, Kent, England 7
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Mother: Alice Lloyd (Abt 1572-1653) 3
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1 M Thomas Lathrop 3
Born: 21 Feb 1612 - Eastwell, Canterbury, England
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Marr: 11 Dec 1639 - Boston, MA
2 F Jane Lothrop 3
Born: 29 Sep 1614 - Edgerton, Kent, England 7
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Marr: 8 Apr 1635 - Scituate, Massochusetts 7
3 F Anne Lathrop 3
Born: 12 May 1616 - Egerton, Kent County England
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4 M John Lathrop 3
Born: 22 Feb 1617 - Egerton, Kent County, England
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Spouse: Mary Heily ( - ) 3
Marr: 18 Jan 1638 - London, Middlesex County, England
Spouse: Mary Heily England ( - ) 3
Marr: 18 Jan 1638 - London, Middlesex County, England
5 F Barbara Lathrop 3
Born: 31 Oct 1619 - Egerton, Kent County, England
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Marr: 19 Jul 1638 - Massachusetts
6 M Honorable Samuel Lothrop 3 8
Born: 1622-1623 - , Egerton, Ken, Eng
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AFN: 1798
Spouse: Abigail Doane (1631-1735) 3 8
Marr: 1690 - Eastham, Barnstable, MA 8
Spouse: Elizabeth Scudder (1624-1700) 3
Marr: 28 Nov 1644 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, MA
7 M Joseph Lathrop 3
Born: 1624 - Lambeth, London, England
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Marr: 11 Dec 1650 - Massachusetts
8 M Benjamin Lathrop 3
Born: 24 Dec 1626 - Eastwell, Canterbury, England
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Marr: Abt 1649 - Barnstable, MA
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Religious freedom, which we take for granted in Ameri c a t o d ay, is not a right enjoyed by everyone in the wor ld . I n I ra n and Lebanon, in Haiti and Nicaragua, in Sr i La nk a an d th e Punjab, people today still suffer perse cutio n , impri sonme nt and death for their religious beli efs . A t the tim e of Re verend John Lothropp, such persec utio n wa s the lo t of virtu ally all people in the world . Th e ver y idea of r eligious fr eedom was born in that t ime a nd wa s given lif e by the strug gle and the sacrific e o f a handf ul of Englis h men and wome n known as Purita ns . Reverend J ohn Lothrop p was among thes e people. He w a s a man with n o ambition t o shape history an d no desi r e to rebel agains t authority , but his destiny wou ld co mp el him into promin ence and hi s unwilling genius wou l d co me to shape the rel igious and s ecular life of Engl and a n d America. Since the time of Richard the second, it had been a c r i m e i n England to worship outside of the established c hu rc h . Hi s successor, Henry IV, had given teeth to Rich ard ' s la w b y providing that persons suspected of such i ndep en den t wors hip be burned at the stake. Henry IV's s ucces sor s, d own t o James I and Charles I, Kings of Engl and i n th e tim e of Jo hn Lothropp, all consolidated an d streng thene d th e contro l of the English throne over t he religi ous li fe o f the Engl ish people, claiming tha t the author ity o f God f lows direct ly to the King, an d from him to t he cle rgy, an d from them t o the congrega tion. The Puritans, by contrast, believed that the author i t y o f G od flows not through the King but arises direct l y f ro m th e people of the congregation, and that the pe op le h av e th e right to choose their own minister and t o wo rshi p a s the y please. The Puritans also believed th a t a perso n sh ould f ind God in his or her own heart, n o t externall y in t he teac hing of the church, and that n oo ne should b e boun d to any c ongregation by other tha n hi s own conscie nce. A s John Wickl iffe, the great earl y ref ormer of the C hristia n Church, ha d taught, to rest rain m en to a prescri bed for m of prayer i s contrary t o the lib erty which is gr anted t o them by God. Now by birth, John Lothropp was a member of the Engli s h p r i vileged classes, those people who most benefite d fr om t h e t yranny against which he would later rebel . He st udie d a t Ox ford and Cambridge, the two greates t universi tie s in t he wo rld at the time, where he wa s a protege o f Dr . John K ing, t hen Bishop of London an d Vice Chancell or o f Oxford a nd on e of the most powerfu l men in England . Upo n graduatio n, h e was promptly orda ined a deacon an d curat e of the Chu rch o f England and t ook up his pastor al dutie s at the Eger ton Ch urch in Ken t. The English cou ntrysid e in those day s was a p rospero us and peaceful pla ce, an d the life of a c lergyman w a s a privileged and enj oyabl e one. During his 1 1 years a t E gerton, he took hi s firs t wife, Hannah House , he sa w four o f his childre n born, a nd he lived an outwar dl y peaceful an d settled e xistence . John Lothropp was a g e ntle man by natu re, muc h loved b y his family and frien ds a nd passionately i n lo ve with li fe, with the very or dinarin ess of daily lif e a s much as w ith its moments o f exhilarat ion. His year s i n Egerton mus t have been hap py ones indeed . But als o durin g these year s, his doubt s about the establ ished c hurch, abo ut its rit uals, it s hierarchies, its auth orita rian characte r, wer e growin g, and his conscience wa s inc reasingly troubl ed. John Lothropp was originally enrolled to study at Oxf o r d , b ut in approximately 1602, he had followed his bro th e r T homa s to study at Cambridge. This was one of thos e s ee ming ly co incidental turns of fate which will shap e eve nt s fo r centur ies to come. Oxford had previously b ee n a cen ter f or religi ous dissent. Early in the sixtee nt h century , Eliz abeth I ha d appointed Robert Dudley th e E arl of Lei ceste r and Chancel lor of Oxford, and Leice ste r had encour aged r eligious debat e at Oxford. With th e de ath of the Ea rl of L eicester, howev er, Oxford becam e a s tronghold of c onservat ive Anglican the ology, and r emaine d so when Joh n Lothrop p enrolled there, w hile Cam bridg e became the cen ter of rel igious thinking at t he c uttin g edge. John Lothr opp must ha ve been exposed at C a mbridg e to the teaching s of the grea t reformer John Wi cklif f a nd to the radica l thinking of hi s contemporarie s, and L o thropp's own idea s, about the appr opriatenes s of high r elig ious ceremony , about democracy, a nd abou t the import ance o f the indivi dual conscience in se ekin g God, had ge rminated . Upon leav ing Cambridge, John Lo t hropp was appo inted t o a curate i n Kent, and as it happe n ed, the count y of Ken t was als o a hotbed of religiou s refo rm, so th e beliefs whi ch woul d ultimately compe l John Loth ropp t o his place in hi stor y were nurtured t here as well. Finally, in 1623, with a wife and four children to sup p o r t , Reverend John threw over the security and comfo r t o f h i s career in the Church of England and became mi ni ste r o f th e First Independent Church of London. The c hur ch h ad b een l ed by the Reverend Henry Jacob. In hi s las t year s, ho wever , Jacob resigned as pastor of th e churc h and we nt t o Virgin ia. Upon his leaving the con gregatio n in 1622 , h e wrote : " The Lord, I doubt not, w ill rais e up other s tha t shall in t ime bear witness unt o this tr uth more ef fectua lly than I. " His words were p rophetic , for his succ essor w as Reveren d John Lothropp . Two year s later, Jaco b was dead. Reverend John gave up much in relinquishing the comf o r t s o f the established church. In doing so, however, R ev er en d Jo hn had gained something else, the love and su ppo r t o f his f ellow Puritans, who "covenanted together" , a n d wh o cared fo r and supported all the families in t he c on grega tion. One o f the members of the congregation , Joh n P erry , had been imp risoned for his religious bel iefs , an d whe n he refused to r enounce those beliefs a t his t rial , had b een sentenced to d eath. He was then t he fathe r o f four dau ghters, none olde r than four. In h is last l ette r to the co ngregation befor e his execution , he had c harge d them to ta ke care of his fa mily accord ing to th e tradit ions of the C ongregational chur ch so t hat he mig ht meet h is fate, crue l as it may be, wit h a n easy heart . There i s evidence to s uggest that his wid o w is the wom an who wou ld one day becom e Reverend John' s sec ond wife , Anne. Of all the English politicians who were to persecut e t h e P u ritans, the most infamous of them was William L aud , B ish o p of London, and later Archbishop of Canterbu ry a nd e vent ua lly Prime Minister of England. Daniel Nea l, i n hi s Histo r y of the Puritans published in 1822, sa ys th is o f him: "He was a little man, of a quick and rough temper, impa t i e n t of contradiction, of arbitrary principles both i n c hu r c h and state, and always inclined to methods of s ever it y , es pecially against the Puritans. In matters o f divi n e wo rship , he was vastly fond of external pomp a nd cere mo ny." In order to advance his own political power, Laud wou l d s e n d bands of deputies into London in search of Puri ta n pl ac e s of worship, with orders to seize gathering s o f mor e th a n five people worshipping outside of the e stab lishe d chur ch . On April 22, 1632, Reverend John's c ongre gatio n met a s us ual for worship, and a band of dep utie s seize d him an d 42 o f his followers. They were imp rison ed in a n establis hment k nown as "the Clink". Locat ed und erground , bounded o n one si de by the River Thame s and o n the othe r by an ope n sewer, t he Clink was a pl ace of f ilth and wr etchedness , so loathe d by its inhabi tants tha t its name h as come dow n to us thro ugh the cen turies a s standing fo r all places o f incarcerati on. On May 3, Lothropp and his followers were brought fo r t r i a l before the Court of the High Commission. So hei nou s w e r e their crimes, and so threatening was the wor k o f Reve re n d John to the authorities, that the trial w as p rosecut e d b y William Laud himself, who sought to ma ke a n exampl e o f Lo thropp for all England to see. The t ria l centere d arou nd th e demand of the Court that Lothr op p and his fo llower s tak e an oath of loyalty to the Ch urc h of England . Yet ne ithe r Lothropp or any of his fol lowe rs consente d to take t his o ath, and the records o f the t rial, includ ing the word s of B ishop Laud and Rev erend Lo thropp, stan d as vivid tes timon y to the strengt h of th e congregation' s beliefs and t he ina bility of th e author ities, for all t heir power, to c ompel a ny to re nounce th em.
Laud's examination of Lothropp was as follows:
First Laud speaks, his words filled with sarcasm: "H o w m a n y women sat cross legged on the bed whilst you s a t on o n e s ide and preached and prayed most devoutly?"
Lothropp replies, quietly, not proudly: "I keep no su c h e v i l company. They were not such women."
Laud continues: "Are you a minister?"
Lothropp replies: "I am."
Laud: "How are you a minister and by whom are you quali f i e d ?"
Lothropp replies, again quietly: "I am a minister o f t h e G o spel of Christ and the Lord hath qualified me."
Laud: "Will you lay your hand on the book and take th e o a t h ?"
Lothropp refuses
Laud, again sarcastically, asks Lothropp to produce a l i c e n se from God: "Mr. Lothropp, you say that the Lord h a t h qu al ified you? What authority, what orders have yo u ? Th e Lor d h ath qualified you - is that a sufficient a ns wer ? You mu st g ive a better answer before you and I p art ."
Reverend John replies: "I do not know that I have don e a n y t hing which might cause me justly to be brought be for e t h e j udgment ... of man" (and again refuses to tak e th e oa th .)
Whereupon William Laud and the Archbishop of York cri e d a n g rily in unison: "If he will not take the oath, th e n aw a y wi th him!"
Reverend John, however, had the last word: "I desir e t h a t t his other passage be remembered, that I dare no t ta k e t hi s oath."
After Lothropp, all the members of the congregation w e r e b r ought to trial, all refused to take the oath of l oy al t y t o the established church, and all were imprison e d wi t h him . The names of some of these people come do w n to u s : Samue l Eaton, Sara Jones, Sara Jacob, Marke L uc as, Jo h n Ireland , Tony Talbot, William Pickering, Mab e l Milbour ne , Willia m Atwood, Henry Dodd, Humphrey Barn et . By the s pri ng of 163 4, all had been released, and o n A pril 24, 16 34 , Reverend J ohn was also released, on t he c ondition tha t h e appear in c ourt to take the oath o f loy alty to the e stab lished church . He had no intentio n of d oing so, for b y no w he had decide d to remove hi s famil y and friends fro m hi s church to the N ew World
Finally, around August 1, 1634, Reverend John set s a i l f o r the Colony of Plymouth on the ship "the Griffin " , w it h hi s family and thirty of his followers. They ar ri ve d i n Bosto n on September 18, 1634, and promptly set tle d i n Sc ituate , where Reverend John had been called t o le a d a cong regatio n of people, many of whom had worsh ippe d w ith him a t the Fi rst Independent Church in Londo n. Th es e were unset tled year s for the group, however. T he peo pl e of Scituat e were at od ds over matters of reli gious a uth ority, partic ularly baptis m. In addition, Sci tuate wa s sh ort on cultiva ble land, wit h inadequate for age for t he le ading cash cro p of the time , cattle. Cons equently , his co ngregation wa s beleaguered, e ager to re settle i n a plac e where prosperi ty might come mor e read ily. On A pril 27,1 637, Reverend Joh n noted in his dia r y this prob lem and pr eached to his cong regation from Gen es is: And Abram said unto Lot "Let there be no strife bet w e e n m e and thee, nor between my herdsmen and thy herds me n , f or w e are brethren. Is not the whole of the lan d bef or e us ? Sep arate thyself, I pray thee, from me. I f tho u wil l tak e th e left hand, then I will go to the r ight . Or i f thou w ill d epart to the right hand, the n I wil l go to t he left." Consequently, in 1638 Reverend John petitioned the Gov e r n o r of the colony for land. Two of his letters to th e G ov er no r, dated February 18, 1638 and July 28, 1638 , ar e pre ser ve d with the papers of Governor Winslow. Th ey sh ow Rev eren d J ohn to be an articulate advocate of h is con gregati on' s inte rests, aware of the political for ces i n the colo ny a nd abl e to influence them to reach h is goa ls. In Janu ary , 1639, l and was granted to the gro up in S ippican, nea r wh at is no w Wareham, Massachusetts . This l and was not e ntire ly suitab le, however, and Mat takeeset , now known a s Barnst able, offe red better circu mstances , including som e of th e finest lan d in the colo ny for ag riculture and gr azing. O n June 16, 16 39 havin g been gran ted land in Barns table, th erefore the co ngre gation decid ed to move there , and prepar ations for t h e move began.
On October 11, 1639, 350 years ago this week, Revere n d J o h n and his followers arrived in Barnstable. This s ur el y re pr esented the fruition of his life's work, fo r th e fo urtee n y ears that followed were years of peac e for h im an d of p rosp erity for his congregation. Whe n they arr ived i n Barns table , they found the marshes fu ll of sal t hay fo r their c attle , the shores teeming wit h fish an d shellfis h, and th e wood s and sky alive wit h game. With in three ye ars they h ad buil t good qualit y frame homes f or every fam ily, and du ring th e fourth y ear, they buil t a second larg er house fo r the Lot hrop p family, which a lso served as th eir place o f worshi p . Most importantly , Reverend John pro ved a stron g an d capab le leader, bot h secular and religio us. He wa s a n excellen t businessman , bringing wealth no t only t o himse lf and hi s family, bu t to his neighbors a s well . He kept p eace amon g his foll owers, resolving disp ute s by compromise , not arbi tration , and leading his cong r egation by quiet e xample, no t exh ortation. He was profo u ndly tolerant in a t ime of into le rance, and easily att rac ted new followers t o his churc h . Amos Otis, the hist oria n of Barnstable, repo rted in 1 88 8 on these years a s follo ws:
"Mr. Lothropp fearlessly proclaimed in Old and New En g l a n d the great truth that man is not responsible to h i s fe ll o w man in matters of faith and conscience. Duri n g the f our te en years that he was the pastor of the Bar ns table ch urch , s uch was his influence over the peopl e tha t the pow er o f th e civil magistrate was not neede d to re strain cri me. N o pas tor was ever more beloved b y his peo ple, none e ver ha d a gr eater influence for th e good. Mr . Lothropp wa s as di stingui shed for his world ly wisdom a s for his piet y. He wa s a goo d businessman , and so wer e all his sons. W here ever y one o f the fami ly pitched hi s tent, that spo t became th e cente r of bus iness, and th e land in the vici nity appreci ated i n valu e. It is men t hat make a place, a nd to Mr. Lot hrop p i n early times, w e are more indebted t han to any oth e r famil y."
These were also years full of the joys and struggle s a n d s o rrows of his life. While in Barnstable, Reveren d Jo h n bap ti zed 136 infants, including four of his ow n child re n an d sev en of his grandchildren. He saw his t wo eldes t d aught ers, J ane and Barbara, married by Capta in Myle s Stan dish t o men f rom other parts of the colony , leav e Barnsta ble fo r lives o f their own. He witnesse d the de ath in inf ancy o f his young est son. He witnesse d the epi demics of 1 641, 16 47 and 1649 , which spread t o every fam ily in Barns table an d claimed th e lives of y oung and ol d alike. He also gave much thought to his native country, fo r t h e c o lonists were just that; the new nation in Ameri ca h a d no t y et been born. Reverend John and his congreg atio n w ere E ngli sh, and they loved and probably misse d thei r hom elan d ver y much.
Reverend John's diary is full of notations about the re l i g i ous upheaval in England, the wars with Ireland an d Sc ot la nd , and the civil war which rent the country du rin g th e ea rl y seventeenth century. His congregation pr aye d freq uentl y f or England in these trials and gave th ank s when t he tid ing s were good. Reverend John also lea rne d of the e ventua l dow nfall of his nemesis, William L aud , Bishop o f London , who w as removed from office, imp riso ned, and fi nally, i n 1644, e xecuted.
Reverend John's diary also records his own failing he a l t h a nd the burdens of his life during these years, ev id e n t in h is writings as early as 1641, twelve years be fo r e hi s death . But his life's work was well accomplish e d b y thi s time an d certainly by the time of his death . H is b elove d communit y was thriving and at peace, an d hi s child ren an d his grand children were creating fami lie s of thei r own. A nd what fami lies they proved to be . Fro m these li nes hav e come men an d women who have sha ped th e times i n which th ey lived as pr ofoundly as Reve rend Jo hn shape d his.
Great religious leaders we would expect from this fam i l y , i ncluding Joseph Smith, the pioneer and founder o f t h e M ormo n church, and the second Reverend John Lathr op , th e gr eat C ongregational minister of revolutionar y tim es an d pas tor o f the Old North Church in Boston. G reat s oldier s an d grea t statesmen have also arisen fro m this f amily . Ulyss es S. G rant, commanding general o f the Unio n Arm y and late r Presid ent of the United Stat es, did mor e tha n any man ex cept Abra ham Lincoln to def eat slaver y in thi s country an d save th e nation in it s time of gre atest str ife. Frankli n Roosevel t led our n ation throug h the Grea t Depression an d the Secon d Worl d War. Olive r Wendel Holm es created muc h of modern ju ri sprudence. Ot her statesme n of this famil y include John F o ster Dulles , Allen Dulles , Adlai Stevenso n III, Sir Ro ber t Borden , Thomas Dewey, G eorge Romney, Kin gman Brews ter, Ge org e Kennan, Wayne Mors e, and the presen t occupa nt of th e W hite House, George Bu sh. Reverend John' s lin e has als o prod uced great business men, great artist s an d designer s, grea t physicians and in ventors and scient i sts. Amon g them are: Jane Lathrop Stanford and Leland Stanford (builde r o f t h e S outhern Pacific Railroad and founders of Stan for d Uni ve rsit y )
Alfred Fuller (founder of the Fuller Brush Company)
Marjorie Merriweather Post (founder of General Foods)
J.P. Morgan, the great financier
Frederick Law Olmstead ( the greatest of American land s c a p e architects )
Louis Comfort Tiffany, the great designer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the great poet
Louis Auchincloss, the novelist
Charles Ives, the great composer
Georgia O'Keefe, the great contemporary artist
Benjamin Spock, the great physician and educator
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin
Let us bear in mind, however, at this time of remembe r i n g a ll that has past before us in this family, and re fl ec ti ng o n the accomplishments of the past, that Rever en d Jo h n woul d take no great pleasure in knowing that w e r ememb e r him he re today. Rather he would take pride i n kn owin g th at his wo rk has been carried forward throug h th e succ eedin g generati ons, and that his grandchildre n's g randchi ldren , and thei r grandchildren, and theirs , hav e worked a nd fou ght and sac rificed to make this co untr y a beacon t o the wo rld. Let u s resolve together to day , then, ourselv es to tak e no satisf action in the dee ds o f our ancestors , but to re double our o wn efforts t o mak e the world a bet ter place, a nd to rise t o whateve r chal lenges our own liv es present t o us.
Let me close, then, with the words of Charles Lathr o p , t h e historian of the Connecticut branch of our fami l y , a s h e describes Reverend John departing England o n t h e ship , th e Griffin with his family and his followe rs , se tting s ail f or an unknown life in an unknown lan d o n th e other si de o f the world.
"In any event, Reverend John got his own family and fr i e n d s on shipboard, the number of which comprised one t h i r d o f all the passengers in the crowded quarters (abo a r d sh ip) . As the Griffin finally cleared the coast an d p u t ou t to s ea, and ... (as) Rev. John watched the re cedi n g shor eline o f England from the deck, he must hav e fel t t hat h e was leav ing behind him all that he had k now n a s a way o f life. (But ) he was taking with him, a s we l l , our own pa rticular fort unes as a family, and s epara ti ng us, virtuall y forever, fro m his own brother s and si ste rs, of which the re were still s ome 15 stil l alive, wh o ha d stemmed with hi m from Yorkshir e and we re scattere d abou t his homeland, no w fading in th e dist ance.
Aside from our fortunes as a family, however, he was br i n g i ng with him what was in every sense a revolutio n - ba s e d o n a new Congregational (philosophy and) oppo sed t o ri tu al a nd dogma - and which we have seen indefa tigabl y car rie d on , more often than not with grimness a nd stri fe, th roug h al l the ensuing generations even unt o our ow n."
Bibliography
Huntington, Rev. Elijah Baldwin, A Genealogical Mem o i r O f T he Lo-lathrop Family, Ridgefield, Connecticut , 18 84
Lathrop, Charles Leonard, In This Place, Lebanon, Conne c t i c ut, 1973 [More] Morton, Nathaniel, New England Memorial
Neal, Daniel, A History Of The Puritans From The Reform a t i o n In 1517 To The Revolution In 1688, 1822
Neal,Daniel, A History Of The Puritans Or Protest a n t N o n - Conformists, New York, 1855
Neal, Daniel, History Of New England
Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes Of Barnstable Families, 1888
Price, Richard, John Lothropp, A Puritan Biography An d G e n e alogy, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1984
Prince, Thomas, A Chronological History Of New Englan d , B o s ton, 1736
Sprague, William B., DD, The Annals Of The American Pu l p i t , 1857
General Notes (Wife)
Their 17th century descendant, Rev. John Lathrop, a 26 - y e a r-old theologygraduate of Queens College, on Octob e r 1 0 , 16 10, married HANNAH HOUSE,who was born in 159 0 i n Eas tw ell , Kent, a daughter of REV. JOHN and ALICE( LLOY D) HOU SE , wh o were both born in 1572 in Eastwell an d mar ried in 159 0. Th e family name was sometimes spelle d Howse . Rev. L athr op wa s partof the First Independen t (Congreg ational ) Churc h in E ngland, which waslater ba nned durin g the per secutio n by Arc hbishop Laud. Rev. La throp wasim prisoned a t Newgat e Priso n in 1632. While he r husband wa s in prison ,Hannah d ied Febr uary 16, 1633 . Rev. Lathro p was release d in 1634 a ndbanishe d. Rev. L athrop fled wi th his son t o Plymouth Col ony, wher e here sided in Scitua te until 163 9 and then in Ba rnstable . Re v. John, whodie d November 8 , 1653 in Barnstabl e, and H a nnah (House) Lat hrop had a so nSamuel (#8).
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:"MB&D", MB&D, Vol.1, pg.451
!MARRIAGE:"GMB", GMB, Vol.1, pg.712,713
General Notes for Child Thomas Lathrop
OCCU: Land surveyor
BAPM: DATE 21 FEB 1612/13 PLAC Eastwell, Kent, England
. Exiled, Helen Holt, pg. 216 Bond's Watertown, page 453, says he was the "eldest s o n o f Rev. John Lothrop, of Scituate and Barnstable; by his first wife Mary."
General Notes for Child Jane Lothrop
BAPM: DATE 29 SEP 1614 PLAC Egerton, County Kent, England
Her children are Mayflower descendants through their fath e r 's line. The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 1, Anderson NEHGS 1995 p a g e 712. NEHGR 9:286.
General Notes for Child Anne Lathrop
BAPM: DATE 12 MAY 1616 PLAC Egerton, County Kent, England
General Notes for Child John Lathrop
BAPM: DATE 22 FEB 1617/18 PLAC Egerton, County Kent, England
General Notes for Child Barbara Lathrop
BAPM: DATE 31 OCT 1619 PLAC Egerton, County Kent, England
Sources: Exiled, Helen Holt, pg. 216
General Notes for Child Honorable Samuel Lothrop
CT (1648), Norwich (1668)
!BIRTH: may have been in London, Middlesex ENG on 29 F e b 1 7 00
IMMIGRANT: ENG to Scituate 1634 with father
REF: TAG Jul-Oct 1997 p 297
REF: AmPat - FDR, James Garfield, USGrant
REF: Lathrop Gen - Descendants thru ch: John: Harold Bingham Lee - 11th pres Church of Jesus Ch r i s t of the LDS Elizabeth: Wilford Woodruff - 4th pres of CJCLDS Samuel: /Hannah: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 32nd Pres US Samuel / Elizabeth: Benedict Arnold Samuel / Simon: Thomas E. Dewey Samuel / Nathaniel: Adlai E. Stevenson Israel / Rebecca: John Foster Dulles & Allen W. Dulles Israel / John: Marjorie Meriwether Post (fndr General F o o d s) & Dina Merrill Joseph: Oliver Wendell Holmes Abigail: Ulysses S. Grant Anne: Parley Parker Pratt - Mormon pioneer - & George R o m n ey
NOTE: 3 Presidents descend from Samuel and Elizabeth
note: GEDCOM ... Line 10364 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
DEAT DATE 29 FEB 1699/1700 PAF insists Feb 1700 d i d n o t have 29 days
Changed it to Feb 28 - also for burial
Oddly his wife's death date is same - in a different town
General Notes for Child Joseph Lathrop
BAPM: DATE 11 APR 1624 PLAC Eastwell, Kent, England
He bacame a Deputy for the town in the General Cour t . H e held the title of Captain and Lieutenant. He was well educated and well ve r s ed in law, collectin a large library of law books. He settled in Barnstabl e . - - EXILED, by Helene Holt, page 218.
Death Date: Gen.Memoir of Lo-Lathrop Family, Huntington ( 1 8 84) p.40 [No. 8].
General Notes for Child Benjamin Lathrop
OCCU: Was a First Selectman in
BAPM: DATE 24 DEC 1626 PLAC Eastwell, Kent, England
married Martha ___ ;
Henry House
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John House and Alice Lloyd
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Mother: Alice Hinton (1533-1640) 3
Marriage: 30 Aug 1588 - Eastwell, England
Wife Alice Lloyd 3
Born: Abt 1572 - Eastwell, Kent, England 7
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1 F Hannah House 3
Born: Abt 1594 - Eastwell, Canterbury, Kent, England 7
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Marr: 10 Oct 1610 - Eastwell, Canterbury, Kent, England 7
2 F Drusilla Howse 3
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3 M Samuel Howse 3
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4 F Elizabeth Howse 3
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5 F Jemimah Howse 3
Born: 1599 - Ashford, Kent County, England
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6 M John Howse 3
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7 F Priscilla Howse 3
Born: 25 Aug 1605
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8 M Thomas Howse 3
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9 M Henry Howse 3
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General Notes for Child Hannah House
Their 17th century descendant, Rev. John Lathrop, a 26 - y e a r-old theologygraduate of Queens College, on Octob e r 1 0 , 16 10, married HANNAH HOUSE,who was born in 159 0 i n Eas tw ell , Kent, a daughter of REV. JOHN and ALICE( LLOY D) HOU SE , wh o were both born in 1572 in Eastwell an d mar ried in 159 0. Th e family name was sometimes spelle d Howse . Rev. L athr op wa s partof the First Independen t (Congreg ational ) Churc h in E ngland, which waslater ba nned durin g the per secutio n by Arc hbishop Laud. Rev. La throp wasim prisoned a t Newgat e Priso n in 1632. While he r husband wa s in prison ,Hannah d ied Febr uary 16, 1633 . Rev. Lathro p was release d in 1634 a ndbanishe d. Rev. L athrop fled wi th his son t o Plymouth Col ony, wher e here sided in Scitua te until 163 9 and then in Ba rnstable . Re v. John, whodie d November 8 , 1653 in Barnstabl e, and H a nnah (House) Lat hrop had a so nSamuel (#8).
General Notes for Child Samuel Howse
One of the original members of the Scituate Chur c h o n 8 J a nuary 1634/35 (NEHGR 9:279), Samuel House wa s p roba bl y i n the Lothrop group that had just arrived a t Sc ituat e . J. G ardner Bartlett shows in NEHGR 66:357 t hat S amue l Ho use o f Scituate, a shipwright, in 1649 mad e Thom asTar te o f Scitu ate his attorney to represent hi m regard ing th e wil l of Tho mas House of London, watchma ker. Acco rding t o Bart lett, a c ompetent genealogist, Ho use, or Ho wse, wa s the so n of Rev . John Howse. Samuel w as a brothe r to Han nah House , the fir st wife of Rev. Jo hn Lothrop . Samuel ma rried at S cituate ca . 1635 an Eliz abeth, daug hter of Will iam and Eli zabeth (Pai ne) Hammon d of Waterto wn, Massachus etts. He wa s with the Lo thro p group at Barn stable, but la ter returne d to Scituat e . His inventory wa s taken there i n 1661 (MD 1 5:59). Ba rtlet t also observe s that Thomas Hou se of Yarmout h ma y have bee n a brothe r of Samuel House.
One of the original members of the Scituate Chur c h o n 8 J a nuary 1634/ 35 (NEHGR 9:279), Samuel House w a s prob abl y i n the Lothrop group that had just arrive d a t Scitua te . J. G ardner Bartlett shows in NEHGR 66:3 5 7 t hat Samue l H ouse o f Scituate, a shipwright, in 16 4 9 made ThomasTar te o f Scitu ate his attorney to represe n t him regarding th e wil l of Tho mas H ouse of London, w at chmaker. Accordin g to Bar tlett , a competent genealogi st , House, or Howse , was the s on o f Rev. John Howse. Sa mue l was a brothe r t o Hannah Hou se, t he first wife o f Rev . John Lothrop. Samu el married a t Scitu ate ca. 163 5 an E lizabeth, daughter o f William an d Elizabet h (Pa i ne) Ham mond of Watertown, Ma ssachusetts . He was wit h th e Lothro p group at Barnstable , but later r eturned to S c ituate. H is inventory was take n t here in 166 1 (MD 15: 59) . Bartle tt also observes tha t Thomas House o f Yarm o uth ma y hav e been a brother of Sa muel House.
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Spouse: Henry Pearson (1770-1852) 2
John Daniel House
Husband John Daniel House 4 5 6
Born: 11 Jan 1931 - Pleasant Hill, PA 4 5
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Died: - Lived In Reinersville, Morgan Co., Ohio At Death 4 5
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viJohn Daniel House born 11 Jan 1931, Pleasant Hill, PA, died 19 Apr 1989, Ohio. Lived in R einersville, Morgan County, Ohio at the time of his death
